..This study explores the potential of data linkage to investigate the proportion of birth defects classified as alcohol-related (ARBD) by the Institutes of Medicine (IOM) that are attributable to maternal alcohol-use disorder...

Prenatal alcohol exposure and educational achievement in children aged 8-9 years

..The lack of consensus about whether low to moderate levels of prenatal alcohol exposure are a risk factor for fetal development has generated considerable debate about what advice policies and guidelines should provide...

..There is a lack of evidence regarding the effect of dose, pattern and timing of prenatal alcohol exposure and behaviour problems in children aged 2 years and older...

A review of policies on alcohol use during pregnancy in Australia and other English-speaking countries, 2006

Colleen M O'LearyDepartment of Population Sciences and Centre for Child Health Research, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, AustraliaMed J Aust 186:466-71. 2007

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Health professionals' perceptions about the adoption of existing guidelines for the diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Australia

..In this study we aimed to describe health professionals' perceptions about the adoption of existing guidelines for the diagnosis of FASD in Australia and identify implications for the development of national guidelines...